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Preeudea

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae

Taxonomy
Preeudea was named by Termier and Termier (1977). Its type is Preeudea minima. It is the type genus of Preeudinae.

It was assigned to Preeudinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species
P. minima (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Preeudea Termier and Termier p. 33
2004Preeudea Finks et al. p. 601

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyVirgolidaeTermier and Termier 1977
subfamilyPreeudinaeRigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
genusPreeudea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Preeudea Termier and Termier 1977
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Preeudea minima Termier and Termier 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) P. minima (41658 41975)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) P. minima (42092)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) P. minima (41866 42003 42006 42037 42079)